Mammonite

English

Alternative forms

mammonite

Etymology

From Mammon +‎ -ite.

Noun

Mammonite (plural Mammonites)

  1. Someone devoted to the acquisition of wealth; an avaricious person.
    Synonym: Mammonist
    • 1855, Charles Kingsley, Glaucus; or, The Wonders of the Shore, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC, pages 41–42:
      And last, but not least, the perfect naturalist should have in him the very essence of true chivalry, namely, self-devotion; the desire to advance, not himself and his own fame or wealth, but knowledge and mankind. He should have this great virtue; and in spite of many shortcomings, (for what man is there who liveth and sinneth not?) naturalists as a class have it, to a degree which makes them stand out most honourably in the midst of a self-seeking and mammonite generation, inclined to value everything by its money price, its private utility.

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